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With Andalusia’s garlic campaign drawing to a close, farmers are receiving very low prices, which barely cover their production costs. In the case of white garlic, with the campaign already […]
Mon 27/08/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
Spain’s blueberry campaign began somewhat earlier this year. By February and March, more kilos were obtained than in the same months of 2017. However, when the main months of the […]
Thu 23/08/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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The Spanish raspberry campaign started very early, but in October the heat deformed part of the fruits and, later, with the drop in temperatures, further deformations made it harder to […]
Thu 23/08/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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The start of the 2017/18 tomato season began late, especially the branch type, as a consequence of the delay in transplanting. The aim of a later transplant is to reduce […]
Wed 22/08/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Spain’s strawberry season began at the end of November, but by December it was less advanced than expected, due to the drop in temperatures, which slowed production. When Christmas arrived, […]
Wed 22/08/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Adverse weather conditions in the US, Brazil and the EU has led to fresh orange consumption in 2017/18 falling by about 7.5% than the previous year, according to a USDA […]
Tue 21/08/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has called for the EU to do more to safeguard farmers’ incomes. The committee has made recommendations to protect against the high volatility […]
Wed 18/07/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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According to the association of young fruit growers of Almeria, ASAJA, prices at source of summer fruits have fallen dramatically this year. The most affected fruit is the watermelon which […]
Mon 25/06/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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The beginning of May saw the first early varieties of strawberry appear on the shelves at a market price of €4.52/kg. Despite the lack of rain, the ripeness and quality […]
Thu 31/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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April’s cool weather conditions dampened tomato consumption in France. This has created an imbalanced market as supply has continued to increase. Meanwhile, the market was flooded with imported tomatoes at […]
Tue 29/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Average orange prices in the EU are well above the norm. In March, they stood at €70/100 kg, – 28% above the five-year average. Spain and Portugal, in particular, recorded […]
Thu 03/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
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Average apple prices in the EU climbed from their February average of €0.79/kg to €0.81 in March this year. These figures are respectively 44% and 46% higher than the five-year […]
Wed 02/05/2018 by Richard Wilkinson
